tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post1756556836679322954..comments2024-03-18T10:29:46.055+00:00Comments on Ken Armstrong Writing Stuff: The Great Rock and Roll DisappointmentKen Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07775956557261111127noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-20381851190027739842015-11-07T11:47:57.522+00:002015-11-07T11:47:57.522+00:00Och, that's a real shame, Ken. Kudos to Sam fo...Och, that's a real shame, Ken. Kudos to Sam for being so brave. Sometimes it just feels like nothing will go right, but that time will pass. <br />Jacquinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-75681988320384054532015-11-07T11:47:36.109+00:002015-11-07T11:47:36.109+00:00What a dad. He will see them. In time. The promise...What a dad. He will see them. In time. The promise, planning and execution alone by his father who clearly loves him will help mold him into a great man. I want to know what you guys ended up doing! <br />Cecelianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496460488742488789.post-48049245534711278092015-11-07T11:27:36.344+00:002015-11-07T11:27:36.344+00:00I used to keep up. I knew the names if nothing els...I used to keep up. I knew the names if nothing else. But somewhere along the line I admitted defeat. I have no idea who Foo Fighters are and (unsurprisingly) neither do I know anything about the clearly estimable Dave Grohl. And here’s the thing: I don’t feel bad about it and I don’t feel a desperate urge to rush to YouTube to see what I’m missing. I really don’t have a place in my life any more for pop (in the broadest sense of the word) music. I bought Pink Floyd’s last CD because it was Pink Floyd even though it wasn’t very good (actually I didn’t buy it, someone else did because it was on my Amazon wish list but if they hadn’t’ve got it me I would’ve) and I’ll continue to support Fish for as long as he churns out albums but that’s about it for me. I can’t work over singing and as the only time I have music on nowadays is when I’m sat in front of a computer all I ever play is either classical (again, in the broadest sense), film soundtracks or electronica. Not quite sure where Mike Oldfield fits into all that but he’s good too.<br /><br />I’ve only ever been to one rock concert. I’m sure I’ve written about it before. Blondie came to Glasgow maybe ten years ago and to fulfil a childhood dream of being in a room with (an albeit not-as-young-as-she-was) Debbie Harry I went and it was awful on about just every level. The Glaswegian crowd was… well, very Glaswegian and sang along to everything practically drowning out the band. I waited until they performed ‘Maria’ (which never leaves my Top Ten singles of all time list and probably never leaves the top three) and then hightailed it out of there. I cannot imagine any circumstances that would persuade me to go to another one. I’ve probably not been to a classical concert in as long or even longer. I do enjoy them—there is nothing like being in a room with a full-sized orchestra turned up to 11—but I’m not even sure seeing Philip Glass in concert would persuade me. Now if he wanted to meet me for coffee the next afternoon we could probably work something out. <br />Jim Murdochhttp://jim-murdoch.blogspot.ie/noreply@blogger.com